Creative Industries in the Digital Era: international perspectives

Information systems research seminar, 26 October 2005, 3 - 5pm, Studio Ciborra.

Keisuke Kamimura, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Global Communications (GLOCOM), International University of Japan and Motohiro Tsuchiya Associate Professor, School of Media and Governance, Keio University, Japan.

Chair: Prodromos Tsiavos, Information Systems Group, LSE.

What makes cities competitive and innovative in the age of knowledge-driven economy? Richard Florida, among other names, argues that creativity is one of the major factors to drive innovation and, consequently, competitiveness. In this light, he argues that some countries, such as New Zealand, are rated higher than the United States in encouraging creativity and in attracting creative human capital, which eventually undermines the competitiveness of the United States in the coming decades.

In August/ September 2005, the Centre for Global Communications (GLOCOM), in collaboration with the Institute for International Socio-Economics (IISE), conducted a series of trips to New Zealand, the United States, and Sweden to observe recent trends and development of creative industries, and to see how and to what extent the argument by Richard Florida holds true. In this seminar, we would like to share the findings and reflections from our research trips and to discuss how it affects other countries in designing policy on information and communication technology (ICT) and economic development.

The seminar is open to all and is free of charge. Places will be allocated on a first-come-first-served basis (space cannot be reserved in advance).

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